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The weekend: 5K and music fest at Ford Field, Maker Faire, Summer Beer Festival in Ypsi

Hard-core runners, this one’s probably not for you. Saturday’s NIGHT NATION RUN at Ford Field, which bill itself as a “running music festival,” puts more emphasis on sociability than endurance and lung capacity. The 5K event will follow a course around the stadium grounds that includes laser and light shows, selfie stations and live DJs playing electronic dance music. Participants can run, walk or skip their way through the event, which concludes with a trippy afterparty featuring lights, fog, confetti guns, glow gear and a headlining DJ. Promoters stage similar Night Nation Runs in cities across the U.S.

Inventors and creators involved in everything from robotics to blacksmithing to soap-making will gather at the Henry Ford this weekend for MAKER FAIRE DETROIT, an event that brings together makers of all stripes — humble to high-tech — who love sharing what they do. Guest of honor this year is actor LeVar Burton, who will take the stage Saturday afternoon to discuss the making of documentary “In Saturn’s Rings,” (which he narrated) and his experiences as a new media pioneer. Among the event’s big (and we do mean big) attractions will be a couple of those massive video installations featured at the 2017 edition of Detroit light fest Dlectricity.

Saturday-Sunday, the Henry Ford, Dearborn. See schedule and details on exhibitors at makerfairedetroit.com. $28, $26 ages 62 and older, $10 ages 5-11, free to children 4 and younger.

An electric car designed by University of Michigan Dearborn students was among the attractions at last year's Maker Faire.(Photo: Marc Daalder, Detroit Free Press)

Let the tasting and comparing begin! You can sample more than 1,000 craft beers from 150-plus Michigan breweries at the 22nd annual edition of the MICHIGAN SUMMER BEER FESTIVAL, presented by the Michigan Brewers Guild. Held in Riverside Park in Ypsilanti’s historic Depot Town, the festival includes live music from Michigan bands and food vendors serving up beer-friendly cuisine. A ticket buys you 15 tokens, each of which can be redeemed for a 3-ounce beer sample. Additional tokens will be available for 50 cents each.

The somber “Othello” and the not-so-somber “Tempest” are the works chosen for this year’s edition of SHAKESPEARE ROYAL OAK, which kicks off Thursday night at Starr-Jaycee Park along 13 Mile Road. Presented by the Water Works Theatre Company and now in its 19th season, the festival includes afternoon and evening performances of its main productions as well as a Shakespeare play directed and staged entirely by teens. (This year, it’s an abridged version of “Macbeth.”) Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to the park, but not food, drink or pets. Wine, craft beer and snacks, including popcorn, will be available for sale. The plays run through Aug. 4.

Erika Hoveland as Prospero and Jarvis Pitts as Caliban in Shakespeare Royal Oak's staging of "The Tempest." (Photo: SMyers)

Rolls Royces, Ferraris and vehicles from British luxury automaker Bentley Motors are in the showcase at Sunday’s CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE, the annual Plymouth event that finds collectors of prestige vehicles showing off their prize possessions. Also part of the fun: a rare chance to take in an assemblage of six 16-cylinder (yep, 16-cylinder!) Cadillacs owned by devoted Caddy collector John Groendyeke. The show also includes a display of drag-racing cars and a popular area devoted to the greatest models of the ‘70s, ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s. Though the Concours has something of a stuffy image, organizers say they’re eager to make it more accessible. “There’s even a beer tent,” they note in a news release.

10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, the Inn at St. John's, Plymouth. $35 advance, $45 day of event. For a full schedule and info on tickets for several Concours-related events, go to concoursusa.org.

A 1958 Bentley SI Continental once owned by Saddam Hussein was in town for last year's Concours d'Elegance.(Photo: Concours d'Elegance)

A young woman who turned to TV shows to escape her sad childhood while growing up in foster care finds herself starring in a dark sitcom of her own when her mother, ailing and just out of jail, moves into her one-bedroom apartment. That’s the set-up for playwright Kat Ramsburg’s “ANATOMY OF A HUG,” which is making its Michigan debut this weekend at Northville’s Tipping Point Theatre. The comedy-drama about overcoming insecurities and learning to trust features Tipping Point veterans Sandra Birch and Dani Cochrane.

Looking for art you aren’t likely to see elsewhere in Michigan this summer? Head to West Bloomfield this weekend for the ORCHARD LAKE FINE ART SHOW, which will feature the work of about 130 artists, many of whom aren’t seen at other Michigan events. “This art show is different,” organizers say in promoting the event. “Our emphasis is on quality, not quantity.” Participating artists will be competing for $2,500 in prize money, and there also will be a competition for young artists ages 5-13. Food will be available for purchase, and the live music lineup includes the Detroit Social Club Band and One Love Reggae Band.

Wooden bowls by Thomas Stahl of Fairfield, Ohio, are among the works chosen for this year's Orchard Lake Fine Art Show.(Photo: HotWorks.org)

Martha Reeves is returning to Trenton on Saturday for the third edition of MOTOWN ON THE RIVER, which is bringing seven hours of nonstop R&B and pop hits to Elizabeth Park along the Detroit River. Likened by organizers to the early-1960s traveling revues featuring Motown artists, the show will find Reeves belting out her signature hits (“Heat Wave,” “Dancing in the Street”) alongside acts like the Undisputed Truth, best known for 1971 Motown hit “Smiling Faces Sometimes”; Spyder Turner, whose cover of “Stand By Me” hit No. 12 in 1967, and the Miracles Revue featuring Mark Scott. Attendees are welcome to bring blankets and lawn chairs. The event is free, but there’s a $5 suggested donation for parking.

Food, music and children's activities are always a big part of Detroit’s ARAB & CHALDEAN FESTIVAL, which kicks off its 48th edition Saturday in Hart Plaza, but organizers also use the event as an educational tool. Cultural exhibits teach attendees about life in the Middle East and highlight topics like Arab medicine and calligraphy and the contributions Chaldeans have made to world culture. A fashion show will showcase attire from the region, and the music lineup includes Iraqi pop singers Hussam Al-Rassam and Adel Ogla.